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en-usWed, 23 Nov 2016 18:20:12 GMTFocus Forum15Trump nominates conservative activist Betsy DeVos as education secretaryhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3497668/posts
BREAKING NEWS: President-elect Donald Trump has named Betsy DeVos, a conservative activist and billionaire philanthropist who has pushed forcefully for private school voucher programs nationwide, as his nominee for education secretary, according to a person close to DeVos.washingtonposthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3497668/posts#commentWed, 23 Nov 2016 18:20:12 GMTThree Ways Trump, GOP May Cut Social Security, Medicarehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3495405/posts
&#x93;We&#x92;re not going to hurt the people who have been paying into Social Security their whole life,&#x94; Trump declared, calling the payment of promised benefits &#x93;honoring a deal.&#x94; But the man heading the Trump transition team&#x92;s Social Security effort? Michael Korbey, a former lobbyist who has spent much of his career advocating for cutting and privatizing the program, according to Yahoo News. &#x93;It&#x92;s a failed system, broken and bankrupt,&#x94; Korbey said as a lobbyist in the mid 1990s. Korbey acknowledged that some of the reforms his group backed would hurt retirees, but &#x93;our constituents aren&#x92;t just senior citizens,&#x94; he told...Forbeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3495405/posts#commentThu, 17 Nov 2016 16:34:20 GMTFantastic news! Federal court rules against Obama&#xE2;&#x80;&#x99;s attempt to keep low income black children...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3398245/posts
Although this wonderful news happened three months ago, I just found out about it now: the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against Obama&#x27;s attempt to keep low income black children trapped in horrible government schools.Some background information...In August 2013, the Obama administration sued Louisiana to try to bring an end to its school voucher program - a program which had just been passed in 2012.Under the Louisiana program, both of the following criteria had to be met in order for a student to get a school voucher. First, the student must come from a family whose income is...wordpresshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3398245/posts#commentWed, 17 Feb 2016 16:22:40 GMTOur Most Divisive Political Issuehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3376800/posts
Can you name the most contentious issue in American politics? Here&#x27;s a hint. It&#x27;s being fought at the federal, state and local levels. And it doesn&#x27;t go away. The struggle is persistent, ongoing, unending. Here is a second hint. The issue is not gay marriage, or gun control, or police brutality and or immigration. Those issues are either settled, largely settled, isolated or completely out of the control of local and state governments. Here is a third hint. The issue divides Republicans and Democrats, conservatives and liberals. But it is especially divisive among Democrats and among people who call themselves...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3376800/posts#commentSat, 26 Dec 2015 12:58:56 GMTOther Side of Multiculturalismhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3348112/posts
It turns out that American students have something in common with their Latin American counterparts: They don&#x92;t learn anything good about America either. &#x93;In Latin America children are often exposed to the negative aspects of American history but are seldom exposed to the negative aspects of their own history,&#x94; Alejandro Chafuen of the Atlas Economic Research Foundation said at the Philadelphia Society&#x92;s regional meeting in Indianapolis last weekend. Chafuen himself hails from Argentina. &#x93;In Argentina, at least before the Falklands War, we used to say that we act Italian, speak Spanish and think that we are British.&#x94; One-sixth of the...Accuracy in Academiahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3348112/posts#commentTue, 13 Oct 2015 15:02:43 GMTHendricks v Starkist Tuna Class Actionhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3330440/posts
I found this the other day by accident. I&#x27;ve never seen a class action lawsuit such as this . Starkist wants to avoid litigation so this is what they are offering to you. They don&#x27;t require a receipt but you sign off under penalty of perjury..Top Class Actionshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3330440/posts#commentFri, 28 Aug 2015 22:35:22 GMTBaltimore&#x92;s Choice and America&#x92;shttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3323928/posts
In January 2015, Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) has introduced the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Individuals and Communities through Education (CHOICE) Act, designed to make vouchers more widely available to the poor so they can go to private or charter schools. &#x93;This pilot program would cost $10 million, and we&#x92;ve already paid for it,&#x94; said the Republican senator, &#x93;For those states that already have options, we are not dictating or mandating anything on any state, we are saying, here is another weapon in your arsenal to help those kids who are especially vulnerable to not seeing their full potential realized.&#x94;...Accuracy in Academiahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3323928/posts#commentWed, 12 Aug 2015 18:48:15 GMTNew Scrutiny of the Flow of Iraqi Oil to American Consumershttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241527/posts
As Saddam Hussein pressed the United Nations oil-for-food relief program for more money that he used to buy banned weapons, an unwitting ally may have been the American driver. Almost until the eve of the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, American oil companies were among the largest purchasers of Iraqi crude oil. The role that the companies, including ExxonMobil and ChevronTexaco, played in the oil-for-food program is now coming under greater scrutiny in the wake of a report by the chief arms inspector for the Central Intelligence Agency that disclosed how extensively Mr. Hussein was abusing profits from the...New York Timeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1241527/posts#commentMon, 11 Oct 2004 13:17:18 GMTColorado Supreme Court nixes Douglas county vouchers (vanity)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3305697/posts
I just read from 9News.com that the Colorado Supreme Court has just ruled against the voucher program in Douglas County School district. While I am disapointed in this ruling, it is technically correct. The Colorado Constitution states in Article IX, section 7: Aid to private schools, churches, sectarian purpose, forbidden. Neither the general assembly, nor any county, city, town, township, school district or other public corporation, shall ever make any appropriation, or pay from any public fund or moneys whatever, anything in aid of any church or sectarian society, or for any sectarian purpose, or to help support or sustain...Selfhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3305697/posts#commentMon, 29 Jun 2015 16:15:21 GMT[Wisconsin] Republicans come to the aid of religious voucher schoolshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3297295/posts
Racine &#x97; A few short months ago, the newest proposed expansion site for HOPE Christian Schools, a rapidly expanding voucher- and charter-school network based in Milwaukee, was on the ropes. Gov. Scott Walker&#x27;s state budget introduced in February proposed an expansion of the statewide voucher school program, but the per-pupil payments from taxpayers to new schools, such as the planned HOPE Via on Racine&#x27;s north side, would have dropped from current levels. &#x22;We could have maybe made it a year or two, but no more,&#x22; said Andrew Neumann, the head of the parent nonprofit that runs HOPE. Today, that budget...Milwaukee Journal Sentinelhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3297295/posts#commentFri, 5 Jun 2015 19:10:38 GMTWhat We&#x92;re Watching: Gov. Scott Walker on Improving Educationhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3294637/posts
Republican presidential candidate and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker spoke about improving education at a conference at Harvard University in July 2012 on Learning from Improving School Systems at Home and Abroad: International and U.S. State Trends in Student Performance. The conference was hosted by Harvard&#x92;s Program on Education Policy and Governance. Governor Walker spoke about the reforms he put in place in Wisconsin which gave local school districts the ability to make better decisions for their students while effectively managing their budgets. Click here for the complete video from that conference and here for videos from individual panels. Gov. Walker&#x27;s...Education Nexthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3294637/posts#commentFri, 29 May 2015 11:31:13 GMTWhat the heck is going on with Wisconsin public education?http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3294326/posts
What is the Wisconsin Legislature trying to do to public education in Republican Gov. Scott Walker&#x92;s state? State Superintendent Tony Evers has gone on record accusing lawmakers of moving toward new legislation &#x93;that erodes the basic foundation of Wisconsin&#x92;s public school system.&#x94; How? By legislature efforts that include refusing to spend more money on public education for the first time in more than 20 years while while giving millions of dollars more to expand a private voucher program, slashing higher education funding, and weakening licensing rules for teachers.Washington Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3294326/posts#commentThu, 28 May 2015 16:52:21 GMTScott Walker On The Dana Show 5-22-15http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3292625/posts
29:00 [click on picture then click on red dot to listen]FM News Talkhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3292625/posts#commentFri, 22 May 2015 19:56:54 GMTSchool voucher proponents pull out boxing gloves, welcome Scott Walkerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3291155/posts
NEW ORLEANS &#x97; The American Federation for Children, which wants a dramatic expansion of charter schools and voucher programs, picked a boxing theme for its annual policy summit this week. Red boxing gloves became table centerpieces at the opening lunch Monday. Panel titles included &#x22;Knocking out yesterday&#x27;s education models&#x22; and &#x22;Training parents to win the fight.&#x22; And the first keynote speaker was Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, a likely Republican presidential contender who is best known for aggressively fighting and weakening his state&#x27;s education labor unions..... ....Wisconsin is home to the nation&#x27;s first modern voucher system. The state adopted legislation in...Washington Posthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3291155/posts#commentMon, 18 May 2015 21:48:43 GMTMore States Join the School Choice Movementhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3286641/posts
Alabama and Montana passed historic school choice legislation this legislative session, giving parents more options in choosing the best atmosphere for the education of their children. Finally, Alabama and Montana join more than 40 states in the movement for school choice and educational freedom, demonstrating that Americans want school choice. In Alabama, the state legislature passed SB45, allowing for the first public charter schools. Within the bill, an unlimited number of conversion charter schools are permitted, while start-up charter schools are limited to ten schools per year until the law sunsets in 2020. Additionally, charter schools may be authorized by...American Legislatorhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3286641/posts#commentTue, 5 May 2015 21:49:45 GMTSpurred by Scott Walker budget, parents rally for public school funds [Dems, teachers unions]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285967/posts
When Wauwatosa parent Darnelle Kaishian first heard about the K-12 budget cut in Gov. Scott Walker&#x27;s biennial state budget proposal, she wondered: What would that actually mean for her schools? When she and some other parents heard that the cut would amount to about $900,000 for Wauwatosa next year and that art, some orchestra, an Advanced Placement course or school maintenance work could be trimmed, they sprang into action. Six weeks later, they&#x27;ve created websites and yard signs and T-shirts, knocked on doors, talked to neighbors and launched a letter-writing campaign that has blasted lawmakers with more than 2,000 pieces...Milwaukee Journal Sentinelhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3285967/posts#commentMon, 4 May 2015 08:56:22 GMTScott Walker to keynote voucher school summithttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3281612/posts
Gov. Scott Walker is set to serve as the keynote speaker for a voucher school summit next month in New Orleans. The American Federation for Children announced Tuesday that Walker would speak May 18 at the opening lunch for the summit. &#x22;Gov. Scott Walker is a tremendous leader who has been a relentless advocate for educational choice,&#x22; Betsy DeVos, chairwoman of the group&#x27;s board of directors, said in a release..... Walker&#x27;s latest two-year budget plan, which is currently being considered by the Legislature&#x27;s powerful budget committee, would expand school vouchers statewide.Milwaukee Journal Sentinelhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3281612/posts#commentTue, 21 Apr 2015 19:28:38 GMTOpinion: Universal school choice is clearest pathway to restore nation to former greatnesshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3241127/posts
Unlike any of the programs identified today as &#x93;school choice,&#x94; such as opportunity scholarships, charter schools and tax credits, universal school choice transfers control of education back to parents, where it rightfully belongs, by allowing public education funds to follow the child to the school chosen by the parents. These funds &#x97; substantially less than current costs but sufficient to pay for a quality education at nonpublic schools &#x97; are made available to every parent in the form of a voucher that can be cashed only by a qualified school. With parental control comes responsibility &#x97; a prerequisite to success...Star Ledgerhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3241127/posts#commentFri, 26 Dec 2014 23:44:37 GMTSchool choice pioneer Annette Polly Williams dies at 77http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3226121/posts
MILWAUKEE &#x97; James Carl was able to sum up the importance of former Assemblywoman Annette Polly Williams in bringing school choice to Milwaukee in two words: &#x93;absolutely essential.&#x94; Williams died Sunday at the age of 77, having helped to transform the education landscape in Milwaukee and the nation. Starting in the late 1980s, Williams threw her support behind the legislation that created the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. The legislation eventually passed in 1989. &#x93;If it were not for her willingness to support this program, it never would have gotten through the state Legislature,&#x94; Carl told Watchdog. Carl, dean of the...The Wisconsin Reporterhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3226121/posts#commentWed, 12 Nov 2014 14:37:51 GMTChicago Activists Unchained, Destroy Black Leadership - YouTubehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3220503/posts
YouTube VideoRebel Pundit YouTubehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3220503/posts#commentTue, 28 Oct 2014 17:21:02 GMTCreative Way to Educate Low-Income Students [The Atlantic]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3215964/posts
How does the Cristo Rey business model work? Here are the words of founder John P. Foley, S.J. of the Cristo Rey schools, &#x93;If you can afford to come here, then you can&#x92;t come.&#x94; Here is the reality of the numbers: Start-up per student costs for the Cristo Rey Columbus school are about $18,000 per year. Once the school reaches enrollment capacity, that will drop to about $12,000-13,000. Cristo Rey found a creative way to fund most of the tuition. First, in Columbus, $5000 per student per year is potentially available from Ohio&#x92;s school choice voucher program; if a student&#x92;s...The Atlantichttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3215964/posts#commentThu, 16 Oct 2014 16:30:32 GMTMary Burke says she would stop expansion of voucher schoolshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3208212/posts
Democrat Mary Burke told education officials Friday she would fight as governor to stop the expansion of voucher schools but would leave alone the long-standing program in Milwaukee. &#x22;This is something that may sound like a good political sound bite, but it is bad public policy,&#x22; she said of expanding the voucher program. &#x22;I think it is the thing that most threatens a vision of a public school system and an education for students in Wisconsin to be the leaders in our country.&#x22; Her comments drew applause from her audience at a Wisconsin Association of School District Administrators conference at...Milwaukee Journal Sentinelhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3208212/posts#commentFri, 26 Sep 2014 18:49:07 GMTJudge Rules Private School Vouchers Unconstitutionalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3197134/posts
North Carolina Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood declared the state&#x92;s the Opportunity Scholarship program unconstitutional. The program provided funds for poor children to attend the same private schools attended by their financially better off peers. &#x93;Allowing these children to exit the failing public school system undermines the incentive and capability for improving the public schools,&#x94; Hobgood ruled. &#x93;It would put the good of the few ahead of the collective well-being of the whole. By preventing the few from escaping we maintain the pressure for reform of the system.&#x94; Hobgood rejected the argument that allowing students to exit substandard schools would...Semi-News/Semi-Satirehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3197134/posts#commentTue, 26 Aug 2014 13:36:18 GMTLiberal Judge Rules Against Private School Vouchers for Poor Kidshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3195535/posts
Superior Court Judge Robert Hobgood appeased liberal wishes today and ruled against a school vouchers program designed to provide poor and minority kids in North Carolina the opportunity to attend the same private schools as better offer children. Siding with teachers unions, atheist groups and public education administrators, Hobgood deemed the Opportunity Scholarship program to be unconstitutional. The ruling comes less than a week after the program awarded more than 360 lower-income families with education grants of $4,200 per child, providing their parents the opportunity to place their sons or daughters in a school of their choice. Fearing that poor...Dignitas News Servicehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3195535/posts#commentThu, 21 Aug 2014 17:39:07 GMTPoor Families Use &#x27;Supervouchers&#x27; To Rent In City&#x27;s Priciest Buildings (HUD&#x27;s Chicago Gold Coast!!)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186176/posts
The high-rise at 500 N. Lake Shore Drive is the second-most expensive in the city, with rents for a one-bedroom apartment approaching $3,000 a month, well beyond the reach of most Chicago residents. But that&#x27;s not too much for the Chicago Housing Authority, which has used federal tax dollars to pick up most of the tab for four lucky residents in the year-old building, with its sweeping views of Lake Michigan, a concierge and a dog-grooming center. The tenants moved in over the past two years as part of a push by the CHA to expand its housing voucher program...Crains Business Journalhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3186176/posts#commentMon, 28 Jul 2014 23:47:36 GMT